Though all cases vary and none is predictive, Vidya’s experience includes:

• Representing water treatment subsidiary of a global conglomerate in trade secret litigation in federal and state courts, involving violations of the Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”) and related state law claims, such as unfair competition.  Recently prevailed on Daubert motion to strike trade secret damages expert asserting hundred of millions of dollars in damages.
• Representing national anesthesia services provider in litigation involving restrictive covenants, which alleged claims including unfair competition, unjust enrichment, and misuse of confidential information, successfully defending against multiple motions for preliminary injunction, obtaining summary judgment in April 2022, and defeating summary judgment on counterclaim for fees in November 2023.
• Represented leading private equity firm in litigation asserting federal and state discrimination and retaliation claims, obtaining voluntary dismissal in November 2023 after filing motions to dismiss.
• Representing retirement plan fiduciaries of Intel Corporation in a putative nationwide class action suit in the Northern District of California arising under ERISA that challenges allocations of plan assets to alternative investments such as hedge funds and private equity, obtaining dismissal with prejudice of all class claims in January 2022.
• Represented leading private equity firm in whistleblower litigation in federal and state courts, resulting in dismissal of all claims with no payment by defendants.
• Represented global wealth management firm in a confidential, binding arbitration of discrimination claims, with the Arbitrator returning a decision in favor of firm on all claims.
• Representing Am Law 100 firm in litigation arising from alleged investment misconduct.